Eighth European Parliament

The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.

Major events

22–25 May 2014
* Elections to the Eighth Parliament.
1 July 2014
* First meeting of the Eighth Parliament.
* Martin Schulz is elected as President of the European Parliament.
* Vice-presidents elections.
17 January 2017
* Antonio Tajani is elected as President of the European Parliament.
18 January 2017
* Vice-presidents elections.

Major resolutions and positions

Resolution/position number	Procedure number	Notes

Delegations

Type	Number	Sources
Europe delegations
Non-Europe delegations
Ad-hoc delegations

Leadership

Vice-Presidents

Members

Group

State

Votes

1

Italy

Quaestors

Name	Country	Party	Group
Élisabeth Morin		Union for a Popular Movement	EPP
Bogusław Liberadzki		Democratic Left Alliance	S&D
Catherine Bearder		Liberal Democrats	ALDE
Andrey Kovatchev		GERB	EPP
Karol Karski		Law and Justice	ECR

Membership

After the 2014 election, the members formed seven groups with 52 independent members, mainly MEPs against the Union who failed to unify into a political group.
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